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In a recent Courier interview, President RobertBreuder discussed his penny-pinching strategiesthat will be used to fill this year’s $3.3 millionbudget hole.

Curtailing out-of-district travel, making adjust-ments to employee health care, and instituting pre-ferred parking are just some of the changes Breuderhopes will bring the budget in line with the rev-enue. Trimming travel

The college decided to reduce travel next year bytwo-thirds, from a current budget of $300,000 to$100,000. Breuder said, “Now you got to ask your-self, good thing or bad thing? There will be some-body out there who will say, ‘Oh my God,’ but if itsaves somebody’s job or lets us provide a servicethat we would have to eliminate, it becomes a mat-ter of choices.”Health care changes

With health care, Breuder wants to bring all em-ployees on the same percentage cost sharing of80/20, meaning that 80 percent of the health insur-ance premium would be paid by the employer and

20 percent would be paid by the employee. Breudersaid that if everyone agreed to his proposal, the col-lege would save $830,000 next year. Preferred parking

Rather than institute a parking fee for everyone,the approach Breuder will likely take is preferredparking. There are 1292 parking spots on campusthat would require a $75 fee per semester if studentsor faculty wanted to have guaranteed parking inthose spaces. The parking spots would be given ona first come, first serve basis. “That might generatefor us about $175,000. It’s all intended to get you tothe $3.3 million,” said Breuder. Fund balance

Despite the lack of state funding, Breuder believesthe college should not dip into the fund balanceuntil there are no other alternatives. “If this plightcontinues, and the college has eliminated basicallyeverything it can in terms of expense…then we’regoing to have to go to the bank. Well, the bank is thefund balance. You don’t want to go to the bank un-less you absolutely have to, because once you in-vade it, it’s so easy to stay inside of that and have itoffset the discomfort of further changes or reduc-tions. That gets you into trouble,” he said.

Breuder mentioned that the state has a financial

crisis, because it spends more money than it takesin. “This is not rocket science economics,” he said.Breuder believes that overspending and borrowingonly digs the hole deeper. “We legally can’t borrow;we have to rely on whatever reserves we have. Thestate’s showing you why not to do that,” Breudersaid.

Breuder believes that people in education nowmore than ever realize that they cannot dependupon the public dollar. He warned that state fund-ing has deteriorated over the course of 20 years andwill unlikely be restored to its former glory. Breuderadded, “It is never going back up to where it wasand so people had best get used to it and try to fig-ure out how you run it like a business.”Homeland Security Education Center (HEC)

After the first phase of the HEC is completed, thecollege will need another funding source to finishthe second and third phases of the building.

By Chelsey BoutanNews Editor

see ‘tough times’ page 6

Online: Visit www.cod.edu/courier/breuderinterview forthe complete Courier interview with PresidentRobert Breuder.

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lege’s history, students canvote online for the studenttrustee, student body presi-dent, and student body vicepresident positions by ac-cessing their college e-mailaccount.On April 7, at 12:01 a.m.

students will receive an e-mail and will have 48 hoursto vote. The ballot will ex-pire at exactly 12:00 p.m. onApril 8.Prior to Election Day, you

should make sure there is

enough space in your inboxfor the online ballot. Whenthe bar above the folders tabis green or yellow, you are inthe clear.If computer problems

arise, don’t fret. There willbe paper ballots available inthe Student Activities officeon April 7 and April 8 from9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Not sure who to vote for?

Then you should considerattending the StudentLeader Candidate Forum onApril 6 at 4 p.m. in SRC1450. Candidates will sharetheir platforms as well as an-swer your questions.Election results will be

posted online atwww.cod.edu/slc by noonon April 9.


Student Trustee:Ashley WilsonTerm: 1 yearCompensation: NoneTime commitment: 20 hours aweek, not including travel ob-ligations and board retreatsResponsibilities:Makes surethe student body is being rep-resented, reviews annualbudget plan, provides a stu-dent perspective to Board ofTrustees, gives an advisoryvote prior to other trustees’votes, attends board meetings,workshops and retreats, at-tends SLC meeting on a regu-lar basis, submits reports, andserves as a college representa-tive at Illinois CommunityCollege Board meetings.Advice: “The position is onlyas powerful as you make it.You will truly get out of itwhat you put in! Use all of theresources available to you anddon’t be afraid to stand up forwhat you believe in.”

Student Body President:Elisa StoughTerm: 1 yearCompensation: Stipend at theend of each semester basedupon performanceTime Commitment: 30-40hours a weekResponsibilities: Runs Stu-dent Leadership Council(SLC) meetings, serves as alink between student bodyand administration, attendsboard meetings, speaks on be-half of students and sits in ondifferent committees repre-senting studentsGoal: “My main goal is to bea voice for the students. Ifthere is a student issue, westand up and say something.It definitely has been a greatjourney. “Advice: “You have to go inopen and willing to learn. It isdefinitely a process. You haveto realize that it is not goingto happen overnight.”

Student Body Vice President:Billal ViraniTerm: 1 yearCompensation: Stipend at theend of each semester basedupon performanceTime committment: 30-40hours a weekResponsibilities: Supportsstudent body president,serves as a link between stu-dent body and administra-tion, attends board meetingsand listens to students’ con-cernsGoal: “To get the studentvoice across to our adminis-trators. For them to under-stand that we are here toserve the students. To help theadministrators understandthat they can use us as feed-back. I’m always trying towork with them so they knowhow to best serve the stu-dents.”Advice: “Always approachthings in a positive manner.Understand why they havenot or are doing somethingand try to find a middleground within that.”

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AbdulAziz Syed came to thecollege from Saudi Arabiaonly eight months ago, butduring that period of time hehas taken on a full load ofclasses, a job at the records of-fice, is a member of threeclubs on campus, and is aleader for an Islamic outreachgroup. Now, Syed wants totake on the position of stu-dent trustee.Syed is a member of Phi

Theta Kappa, Muslim StudentAssociation, and the HumanServices Networking Club.Off campus, he is involvedwith Young Muslims, an out-reach group that facilitatesyouth through the medium ofIslam. Syed also speaks threelanguages, Urdu, Arabic, andEnglish.While working in the

records office, Syed became

aware of the many concernsthat faculty and studentshave. “Students and instruc-tors alike are becoming moreand more upset with some ofthe decisions. I know theycan’t really be changed orthey are good decisions, butthey don’t seem that good tous,” he said. If elected studenttrustee, Syed would hope tobring positive change.Syed’s main goal as student

trustee would be to conveythe students’ opinions to thepresident and trustees sur-rounding major decisions thecollege makes. He believesthat the fundamental duty ofthe student trustee is to give avoice to the students.Syed admits that he was

worried at first about the timecommitment, but now he hasrealized that with organiza-tion and discipline he can doit.Syed advises students to

vote for whomever they feel is

the best candidate. “It’s theresponsibility given tothe student trustee, by thepeople, by the students. It’stheir choice who they elect.All I can say is that I’m goingto try my level best. I’ve livedamong the students, I am astudent, and I know how itfeels to go through the vari-ous troubles or difficulties astudent faces. I’ll try to over-come those struggles with thestudents,” Syed said.


Candidate hopes to bring change

Your votingquestionsansweredBy Chelsey BoutanNews Editor

Q: Is there a certain amount ofcredit hours I must be enrolledin to vote?A: One credit hour.

Q: If I’m on probation can I stillvote?A: If you are currently enrolledin classes, then yes.

Q:Will there be an absentee vot-ing system?A: No.

Q: Are all computers compatiblewith the voting process?A: Yes, because the ballot is sentvia e-mail.

Q:Will there be designated com-puters for online voting on cam-pus?A: No.

Q: How do I vote?A: Go to cod.edu and click onthe myCOD icon in the bottomleft corner. Type in your log inID and password. There will be aballot in your inbox that you canaccess and it will explain thevoting process.

Q: What if I don’t know my login ID or password?A: You can contact the StudentSupport Help Desk at 630-942-2999 [email protected].

Q: Do I have to be registered tovote?A: No, you just have to be cur-rently enrolled at COD.

Q: Is there a still a paper optionto vote?

A: Yes, paper ballots will beavailable in the Student Activi-ties office on April 7 and April 8from 9-4.

Unlike many others, Bri-anne Paver has never fearedstanding up in front of acrowded room and speaking.She was captain of her

speech team in high school,and is currently a member ofStudent Leadership Council(SLC) and Phi Theta Kappa.Paver will be running for thestudent body president posi-tion this spring.Paver said that SLC has

made her more interested inissues that involve the col-lege. She feels qualified forthe position because she gen-uinely cares about studentsand knows what it entails tobe student body president.Paver, along with SLC, will

visit Springfield on StudentAdvocacy Day. “I plan on -fighting for our student ac-tivities to be funded, becausewithout funding they don’t

exist,” Paver said.If elected student body

president, Paver’s hopes tocontribute to the overallwell-being of students. Paversaid, “I will try to make CODa better place for students,because it exists for them. Iwill relate and communicatenot only with the studentbody as a whole, but withpeople who affect COD.”


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AbdulAziz SyedBrianne Paver

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NEWS

In a recent e-mail correspondencewith Joseph Moore, associate vicepresident of external relations, theCourier asked him questions regard-ing the $200,000 reduction in travelfor next year.Moore wrote, “Please keep in mind

why we are pursuing a limitation ontravel and other expenses. We are fac-ing a $3.3 million dollar shortfall forthis year and the very likely possibil-ity of a significantly larger shortfallfor the next fiscal year. Several stepssuch as these, combined with increas-ing revenue where possible, are help-ing us save jobs and programs.”

Q: Do you view travel as an enrich-ment or an expense?A: Travel is necessary for several rea-sons ranging from enhancing our ac-ademic mission and studentexperience to conducting various re-

quired business on behalf of the col-lege.

Q:What is the president’s annualtravel budget?A: Dr. Breuder’s FY10 travel budgetis $15,504. At this point, eight monthsinto the year, he has only spent $700.We believe his FY11 budget will be$8,300 (a decrease of 46 percent fromFY10 budget). However, budgets arenot yet finalized.

Q: Is his travel budget includedwithin the $300,000 travel budget?A: Yes it is.

Q:With the travel budget being re-duced by two-thirds going into nextyear, what kind of affect do you thinkit will have on faculty and student ac-tivities?A:We believe that most activitiesnecessary to the college and the en-richment of students will continue.

Travel talkwith vice presidentBy Chelsey BoutanNews Editor

Words have been filtering acrosscampus about the president’s plan tocarpet the entire college. According toJoseph Moore, associate vice presidentof external relations, it is an untruerumor.Currently, the college is only seeking

to carpet the Health and Sciences Cen-ter (HSC) and the Technical EducationCenter (TEC).Moore reported that builders did

not lay the floor properly which re-sulted in chipping of the hall flooringin the HSC and spotting and streakingon the TEC flooring. He mentionedthat President Robert Breuder wasable to negotiate a deal, and thus got$350,000 worth of carpeting for$100,000.“The initial problem has turned into

a great opportunity to carpet the hallsof these two buildings, which we ulti-mately would have done anyway foraesthetic and acoustic reasons, forabout 30 cents on the dollar,” saidMoore.

Campus carpet rumor laid to restBy Chelsey BoutanNews Editor

According to Breuder, funding couldcome from the federal government,state government, another referen-dum, or a philanthropist or agencythat wants to subsidize it. Whenasked how much funding is needed,Breuder said, “$200 million. Amodestamount.” He quickly added whilesmiling, “I’m being facetious.”To explain the concept of the HEC,

Breuder created an analogy betweenthe college and a business. “Think ofus as a business. If you want to growyour business, you have to ask thequestion what is it that offers you thatopportunity,” he said. Breuder is ex-cited about the HEC which, oncecompleted, he says will make the col-lege unequivocally the leader in theMidwest in terms of homeland secu-rity and public safety. Breuder said,“We never talked much about foren-sics 25 years ago, or bioterrorism.Today, we talk about that, and so weneed to be able to move our program-ming along that line.”Breuder recalled a time when the

college would say to students, “Thisis what we have, if you like it, fine. Ifyou don’t, go someplace else.” Today,

according to Breuder, the whole land-scape of the college has changed. “Ifyou stay static programming-wise, ifyour buildings don’t change, if yourpedagogy doesn’t change, if your ac-creditation doesn’t change, if yourhuman resources doesn’t change, youfall out of sync with the expectation ofthe customer,” Breuder said.Operating costsThe advent of the Culinary and

Hospitality Center and Homeland Se-curity Education Center will bring an-other 120,000 square feet to campus.With more area to clean, cool, andheat, operating costs are expected toincrease with the onset of these twonew buildings. Breuder plans to teardown the OCC, M, and K buildings,which he said were built years ago fortemporary purposes, and they are notefficient in terms of operation. By tak-ing these buildings offline, and re-placing them with new facilities, heprojects that there will be less cost toheat, cool and service these newbuildings. Breuder did not mentionthat the demolition of the OCC, M,and K buildings would cost the col-lege $4.3 million.Variable tuitionAccording to Breuder, variable tu-

ition should only be implementedwhen there is a defined group of stu-dents, when the supply and demandallows you to charge more, and whenthe cost argues for it. Breuder saidthat the college used to spend half amillion dollars annually subsidizingthe nursing program. Breuder insti-tuted variable tuition, essentially dou-bling the tuition of any course that’sin the nursing or dental hygiene pro-gram to offset the cost. “It’s no differ-ent then a retail store. But you don’tup charge (on) everything in yourstore, because some things you can’tcharge more for, because, frankly, no-body will buy it. You have to bestrategic in terms of what you cancharge more for,” Breuder said.EquipmentBreuder mentioned that some pro-

grams at the college, like radiography,are equipment intensive and requirecapital expenditures. “So we eachyear struggle a bit in terms of gettingenough money in play to buy all thehardware we need for instructionalpurposes,” he said. Luckily, a localhospital recently donated a CAT scanmachine which ended up saving thecollege half a million dollars. TheCAT scan will be used in the radiog-

raphy program. Breuder said, “Wedon’t need the current state-of-the-artto do what we need to do.”‘Growth for growth’s sake’With the additional square footage

on campus and current renovations,Breuder said that the college has thephysical capacity to accommodatemore enrollment than it has ever hadbefore. In retrospect, Breuder feelsthat enrollment growth should be awell thought out process. He prefersto have enrollment growth in pro-grams or classes where the college canaccommodate the growth withouthaving to incur the expense. “It is(with) strategic growth that we havefar greater capacity to absorb then justsimply growth for growth’s sake,”Breuder said.Differed spendingWhen the Courier asked the presi-

dent about the possibility of mainte-nance and replacements being doneon a less frequent basis, he said, “I’msure all of us on a personal level haveasked the question, ‘When times gettough, do we put the roof on thehouse?’” Due to the economic down-turn, Breuder postulates that the col-lege may have to push out someprojects that he would have liked todo in the next few years. Breudersaid, “We just simply have to phasethem in and hope that our roof does-n’t pop a leak…but at some point intime you got to make the comprehen-sive improvement to something.”Breuder believes that it’s all up to thecash flow right now. “We are differ-ing, but we are not eliminating,” hesaid.Required rationalesThe president recently imple-

mented required rationales forspending over $500. “It was intendedto be able to ask people to take thetime out to think about it and reallydetermine whether you have to dothis,” he said.Hiring freeze gets new nameInstead of calling it a hiring freeze,

Breuder would like to refer to it asstrategic hiring. For the most part, thecollege isn’t hiring, but if a vacancyemerges where a replacement isneeded the position is filled. “Thatsometimes gives the average personsome challenges to say, ‘Well how canyou have a hiring freeze and talkabout reduction, but I just hired you.’Because I need to have him replaced,but I don’t have to replace you. Or Icould combine over here. If he losesan accountant that he has to have,he’s got to replace the accounting po-sition. But we could lose three otherjobs and say we’ll absorb those dutiesamong other people,” said Breuder.Budget adjustmentsBreuder mentioned that the college

has been able to adjust the budget by$9 million this year. “In order to windup the year and not be hemorrhag-ing, we had to find a way to be ableto make adjustments and enhanceour revenue,” Breuder said. “Every-body’s doing this, by the way. This isnot endemic to the College of Du-Page. Anybody that’s got any sense isdoing this.”After laying down all of the

changes he expects to make next year,Breuder pointed to each of theCourier editors and said, “What youneed to remember is that what youthink it important, is different thanwhat you think is important, is differ-ent than what you think is important.Someplace down along the line if thethree of you or four of you here andyou’re the person, you determine andthey can say to you, ‘Wrong, youshould have done this. Wrong, youshould have done that.’ But in theend, it falls to your responsibility tomake the decision, but you will notmake everybody happy.”

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Unit one stated he was back-ing down a parking aisle inLot C, when he struck therear, driver’s side quarter-panel of unit two, with therear, passenger-side bumperof his vehicle.Unit two stated that he was

backing out of his parkingstall, when he noticed thatunit one was backing towardshim, so he stopped his vehicleand honked his horn, in at-tempt to alert unit one. Unitone struck his vehicle, causingdamage to the driver’s rearquarter panel of his vehicle.The reporting officer ob-

served only minor paint dam-age to unit one and a dentand paint damage to unit two.

Unit one stated that he wasattempting to cut across aparking aisle in Lot D whenhe struck the front passenger-side quarter-panel of unittwo, with the front, driver’sside bumper/quarter-panel ofhis vehicle.Unit two stated she was

driving northbound, throughLot D, when unit one at-tempted to cut across an aisleof parking stalls, striking hervehicle.

The reporting officer ob-served damage to the frontdriver’s side bumper/quar-ter-panel of unit one anddamage to the front, passen-ger side quarter panel of unittwo.

At approximately 12:06 p.m.the complainant was in Lot Lin the first row off Prairie

Road by her friend’s car. Shewas talking with her friendwhen a car pulled up and thedriver asked her for direc-tions. The driver asked if sheknew where Golf Road was inSchaumburg, stating that hehad to go there for a job inter-view.The complainant started to

tell him where he had to goand he asked to use the com-plainant’s phone. She handedhim her phone and he pre-

tended to put in a telephonenumber.The complainant turned to

say something to her friendwhen she heard the auto pullaway rapidly. She started run-ning after it, but it turned sev-eral times in Lot L and wenttoward College Road before itmade a right toward LambertRoad and then turned rightagain to head northbound onLambert Road.The complainant did not get

a license plate number of thevehicle, but the auto was a2000 Audi A4 or A6 that wasforest Green in color. It had atan leather interior and awood-grain type steeringwheel cover.The driver was in his twen-

ties measuring about 5’10.”According to the complainanthe had a tight, curly hair styleand a slight mustache.

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EDITORIAL

The grading system the col-lege uses is outdated and pre-vents high-achieving studentsfrom distinguishing themselvesfrom those who just make thegrade. As scholarships becomemore competitive, aplus/minus grading systemwill allow top students to showtheir achievements.The current letter-grade sys-

tem makes only broad strokesat showing a student’s meritbehind a 4.0 GPA. The differ-ence between 90 percent and 98percent is significant, and de-serves to be noted. Compar-isons for selective admissionscolleges can put a COD studentat a disadvantage inthe eyes of an admis-sion’s officer. Thiscould truly harmstudents who aim to transfer toprestigious schools and be adeterrent for top-notch stu-dents considering enrolling atCOD.Under the college’s current

grading system, both an 81 andan 89 result in students gettinga B, while a 90 earns an A. Thedifference of 1 percent, in onecase, makes for a one-point dif-ference in the GPA, while a dif-ference of 8 percent in anothercase has no effect on GPA. Thesimple grading system doesnot accurately depict students’academic achievement levelsand that needs to be fixed.The simple grading system

also fails to encourage highachievers throughout the se-mester. In a 16-week course,

grades that a student can ex-pect to earn for the semestersurface at week 12 or 13. Un-less students are right at theborderline between grades,there is little incentive for a stu-dent to work hard, and poten-tially learn more. If the collegeuses a plus/minus grading sys-tem, grade points would varyat smaller intervals and stu-dents would have more of anincentive to try for that nextgrade interval.In an interview with the

Courier, President RobertBreuder likened the college to abusiness. He said, “We don’tproduce machine parts, we

produce educated peo-ple.”It’s critical that the ed-

ucated people are able totruly show their academicachievement. A plus/minusgrading system more accu-rately elucidates achievementthan the simple plus/minussystem.As the college is continually

looking to increase enrollment,it would be sound strategy toreach out to students who trulyaim to distinguish themselves.The college needs to bear inmind that the current gradingsystem is flawed and that aplus-minus system would ben-efit students who aim to trans-fer, give students the incentiveto work hard all semester andit would provide a more accu-rate benchmark for academicachievement.

PointCounterPointenured teachers enjoymany perks that non-tenured teachers can

only hope for. One perk is jobstability despite economicfluctuations. With the econ-omy in tatters and budgetsbeing strained by lack of statefunding, some schools mightbenefit from letting go highpaid teachers in exchange fornewer teachers with drasti-cally lower salaries.Tenure preventsthem from doingthis without a very good rea-son for disposing of thehigher paid, tenured teacher.When legislature created the

tenure process, it was an at-tempt to create an efficientand effective way of remov-ing bad teachers from theclassroom. Instead, it hasproven to be costly and inef-fective.According to www.thehid-

dencostsoftenure.com, the

process to fire a tenuredteacher for good cause is ex-tremely expensive andlengthy. It also states that adismissal process is morelikely to be considered on pro-cedural grounds than actualteacher performance.Clyde Senters, a Cicero ele-mentary school superintend-ent who is quoted on the Website, tells this to new gradu-

ates he hires, "Youare going to meet alot of people in this

profession who just shouldn’tbe in it. But there is not a lotthat can be done to hold themaccountable - because oftenure."Tenure has made it costly to

eliminate poor teaching andhigh salaries in exchange forfresh and possibly betterteaching, at a much lowercost. Without tenure, a schoolwould have the option to runjust like any other business.

ight now, teachersacross the country arecrossing their fingers

in hopes that they will not benext on the chopping block.With the state’s financial cri-

sis, and higher education feel-ing the crunch, the tenureprocess is even more benefi-cial to teachers than in thepast.An article written by the

Rockford RegisterStar, mentioned howthe Rockford SchoolDistrict recently dismissed allnon-tenured teachers (those intheir fourth year or less withthe district).The Rockford teacher’s

union president, Molly Phalensaid, “The effects will be dev-astating. “The already lowmorale in this district willplummet even farther.”The same situation in Rock-

ford is becoming more andmore common in higher edu-

cation, making tenure evenmore of an asset to teachers.Tenure gives teachers an in-

centive to maintain high stan-dards and allows them toparticipate fully in their de-partments without worryingabout the risk of dismissal ifthey hold unpopular views.Even though a large propor-

tion of a college’s budget goestowards salary, teachers

should not beblamed for risingtuition costs in

higher education. It is thestate’s lack of funding forschools across Illinois thatleaves many districts with fewother options, but to cut backon human resources.Without tenure, educational

quality gets downgraded.Tenure provides educatorswith a shared responsibilityand ensures that educationwill continue to be a powerfulforce for years to come.

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Danielle Spence, 20 nursing, Naperville“If I had a million dollars to spend all spring break, Iwould host a black and white party and everyone’sinvited.”

Margaret Banasik, 20 human resources, Elk Grove“If I had a million dollars to spend on spring break, I wouldtake all my friends and fly to Europe.”

Geoff Olsen, 18 education, Roselle“If I had one million dollars, I would go to Hawaii and surfall day.”

“If you had $1 million that you had tospend on spring break, where would

you go and what would you do?”

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OPINION

In the newest edition ofNewsweek (March 22),Howard Fineman admitsthat "almost no one likes ortrusts the media. The latestGallup survey of respectedinstitutions puts us downwith the worst of theriffraff" ("Breaking Up IsHard to Do," p. 26).It's no big secret that the

vast majority of news re-porters, editors, and pro-ducers are liberal. It's alsono big secret that there ismuch discrimination in thedominant media againstconservative ideas and ar-guments. E.g., just try to get

something published in themajor media exposing seri-ous flaws in the pseudo-"ar-guments" homosexuals useand you'll see how quicklythe liberal bigots in themedia censor your words.The major media have

alienated so many peoplewith their judgmental preju-dices that they are strug-gling just to survive. Butthey continue to discrimi-nate. Perhaps it's time theywent the way of the dodo.We want objective, not bi-ased, media. They need toget the memo.

Wayne LelaWoodridge resident

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Below is the breakdown of the 33total votes from last week’s poll.

1) Lower heat or AC (7)2) Other (6)3) Cutting back Library hours (5)4) Cutting back on AcademicComputing Center hours (4)

5) Merging classes to cut our lowerenrollment courses (4)

6) A fee to access Wi-Fi on campus7) A parking fee to park inthe college’s lots( 2)

8) Reducing the amount of scholarshipmoney available to students (1)

This week’s poll:

In 15 years, will the overall standardof living in China surpass that of theUnited States?

1)Yes2) No

vote online at www.cod.edu/courierTo participate in the poll:

Last week’s poll:

If COD had to impose a few of thefollowing measures, which twowould be least painful?

1) A parking fee to park in thecollege’s lots

2) A fee to access Wi-Fi on campus3) Cutting back on Library hours4) Cutting back on AcademicComputing Center hours

5) Merging classes to cut outlower enrollment courses

6) Reducing the amount ofscholarship money available

7) Lowering heat or air conditioningsettings

8) Other (e-mail [email protected])

At The Polls: Last week’s answers; this week’s question

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“I never wanted to be a teacher,” saidPaul Sirvatka, recipient of theOutstanding Faculty Member Award.“But I got the opportunity in grad schoolto lead a course. I loved it. [I] grew to seeit as what I wanted most in my profes-sional career.”

Sirvatka is a professor of Earth Scienceand has taught at the college since 1989.He holds degrees from the University ofIllinois and Florida State University.

“I love teaching. I would have to saythat teaching is a life-calling more than ajob. If anyone teaches because it pays thebills, they are in the wrong profession,”

A 16 percent tuition increasewas recently passed by the col-lege’s Board of Trustees bringingnext fall’s tuition up to $87 a cred-it hour.

“The tuition increase has killedhope and opportunities for a bet-

ter life for many poor and work-ing class students,” said StudentBody President Melissa Foerstel.

Currently, a full time, in-districtstudent pays $50 per credit for 36credits a year, excluding summerquarter. This course load costs$1,800 a year.

Under the semester system, afull time student will only take 24

The youth vote may be sufferingacross the nation, but here at thecollege it’s doing better than ever.

The student election held in

March garnered the college’s high-est voter turnout for a studentelection at 721 votes.

The students elected were DavidEllis for Student Trustee,Samantha Yozze for Student Body

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Mohit Saini, 20, practiced his follow-through with the college’s cricket club onSaturday. Last year the club won the national championship. The club will be hold-ing open tryouts for players on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 16 on the college’ssoccer field. For more information, contact Rich Elliman at 942-3447.

Outstanding facultymember honored

Capturing theyouth vote

Fall tuitionhike approved

n Record-breaking voter turnout made therecent student election a successBy Kristina ZarembaNews Editor

see ‘Election’ page 4

By Kristina ZarembaNews Editor

n 16 percent tuition increase for fall 2005, In-district students will pay $87 per credit hour

see ‘Sirvatka’ page 3

By Kristina ZarembaNews Editor

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Do you prefer thequarter or semestersystem? Why?

“Considering this is a communi-ty college, when we’re transfer-ring to semesters it kind ofscrews things up during the con-version.”

Caroline Parro, 18RoselleBusiness

“I don’t know because I havenever been on semesters, so thiswill be new for me.”

SandraAnderson, 40ishDes PlainesSpanish Professor

“Having done both systemsalready, quarters are faster,semesters give you more time tothink and catch up.”

Marcus Gates, 22WheatonPhysicalEducation

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A College of DuPage Student MagazineSummer 2005 Volume 12, Issue 3

Thank you for choosingCOD. I hope and expect thatyou will take full advantageof all that your collegeoffers. The faculty and staffare excellent and dedicatedto you, our students, andyour success.

Programs and services areavailable most days everyweek.

Student LeadershipCouncil offers you an excel-lent opportunity to serve andlead the student body; clubsand societies reflect almost

every inter-est.

Please useCOD Todayas a referenceto find waysto engagewith yourcollege com-munity.

We will all be madestronger by your talents,skills and effort.

Sunil Chand, 59, is COD’s 4thpresident. 2006 will mark his thirdyear of service.

CLASSESCollege of DuPage offers classes ranging from the tradition-al classroom style to Internet-based, self-paced and experi-ential learning. The COD catalog includes nearly 2,000courses in 100 programs and offers seven degrees.

FULL-TIME STUDENTS Students enrolled in 12 or more credit hours in a 16-week–based term, called a semester, are considered full-time.To receive financial aid or work as a student, a student mustenroll in at least 6 credit hours. COD athletes must enroll inat least 12 credit hours for eligibility.

ENROLLMENTFall Quarter 2004 was the largest term at the College ofDuPage. Last fall, 33,732 students enrolled at COD. Full-time students represented 36 percent (12 credit hours mini-mum), 64 percent registered as part-time. The average classload of the total student population is 9 credits.About 60 percent attended classes during the morning andearly afternoon hours with the remaining students attendingevening and weekend courses.The top five occupational courses by declared major areNursing ADN with 1,012 students, Computer InformationSystems with 383 students, Fire Science Technology with379 students and Graphic Arts with 360 students. These areself-declared majors and may not reflect actual enrollmentin limited admission programs.

BY THE NUMBERSCollege of DuPage (2005)

• total staff: 3,072• Administrators: 49• Classified Staff: 1,029• Full-time faculty: 338• Part-time faculty: 1.250• Student Employees 406

MISSIONThe mission of College of DuPageis to be at the forefront of higher education, serving theneeds of the community. The college will be the first placeresidents turn to for the highest quality educational and cul-tural opportunities. The college will serve as a model of dis-tinction for community college education.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESThe board is charged with establishing policy for the financ-ing, governance, operation and administration of College ofDuPage. Seven voting members are elected from the districtat large. A non-voting student trustee is elected by studentreferendum during Spring Semester to serve from April toApril.

QUICK FACTSThe college was founded in 1966 and opened in the fall of1967. The district encompasses 357 square miles and 51communities from almost all of DuPage and parts of Willand Cook Counties. Total population of the college district(2005) is 1,018,743; total assessed valuation (2003) ofDistrict 502 is $32,963,744,212.

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http://www.cod.edu/courier COD TODAY STUDENT ORIENTATION ISSUE 2005 - 2006 1

For Registration Information, call 630-942-2377 www.cod.edu/adregrec/register SRC 2048

No. 1 Community College in DuPage2005 - 2006 Edition

More than 320 full-timefaculty and between 1,000and 1,500 part-time facultyteach at COD.

In the current database thereare a total of over 2,400 part-time teachers on call andavailable if a division needsthem.

The faculty maintains edu-cational standards through anetwork of professional andacademic committees andassociations.

Full-time faculty are repre-sented by the COD FacultyAssociation (CODFA), anaffiliate of the IllinoisEducation Association andNational EducationalAssociation (IEA-NEA).

The Association’s govern-ing body is the FacultySenate.

Faculty Senate President is

Christine Russell, professorof chemistry.

President Elect is ChristianGoergen, professor of politi-cal science.

The mission of the CODFAis to work collectively toshape a positive direction forthe College of DuPage.

By improving the welfareof faculty so they can performto the best of their ability,they hope to afford studentsthe option of learning to thebest of their ability.

Some of the issues that theSenate subcommittees meetfor include alternative credit,welfare, degree requirements,earned compensation, andmany others.

The goal of the CODFA isto have the best-served localmembers of any educationalAssociation by 2009.

Faculty steer shipof academic standards

ACADEMIC CALENDAR2005-2006

Fall Semester 2005Wednesday, Aug. 17 Final Registration BeginsMonday, Aug. 29 All Faculty Return Wednesday, Aug. 31 Classes BeginMonday, Sept. 5 Labor Day (no classes)Tue.-Wed., Oct. 25 & 26 In-service days (no classes)Thu.-Sun., Nov. 24-27 Thanksgiving recessWed.-Tue., Dec. 14-20 Final Exams / Culminating

ActivitiesTuesday, Dec. 20 End of Semester

Spring Semester 2006Thu.-Fri., Jan. 12 & 13 In-service days (no classes)Monday, Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday, Jan. 17 Classes BeginTuesday, Feb. 14 In-service day (no classes)Thursday, March 16 In-service day (no classes)Fri.-Fri., March 17-24 Spring BreakWednesday, April 19 In-service day (no classes)Sat.-Fri., May 13-19 Final Exams / Culminating

ActivitiesFriday, May 19 Commencement & End of

SemesterSummer Semester 2006Monday, May 29 Memorial DayTuesday, May 30 Classes BeginTuesday, July 4 Independence Day (no classes)Sunday, Aug. 6 End of Semester

Testing centerfor placement,pre-course tests

Students have severalappeal processes to turn to ifthey believe they have beenmistreated by rules or actionsof an individual employee ofthe college.

Academic RegulationsCommittee

Students, faculty and staffconsider student petitions onconflicts with graduationrequirements or unresolvedconcerns about academicrecords. Decisions are final.An appeal to the committee issubmitted through the VicePresident of Student Affairsand must be for classes takenless than five years before thepetition is submitted.

Judicial Review BoardFaculty, staff and student

representatives hear appealsfrom students who think thedid not have a fair hearing bythe college judicial officer ona disciplinary hearing for vio-

lations of the Student Code ofConduct and the Course-Related Academic Integritypolicy. An appeal to theJudicial Review Board is sub-mitted through the VicePresident of Student Affairs.

Accessibility and Special Needs Committee

Students, staff and facultyreview and make recommen-dations regarding programand physical accessibility forqualified handicapped indi-viduals.

Financial Aid CommitteeStaff and faculty representa-

tives award scholarships andreview Academic ProgressAppeals. Aid applications andprogress appeals must be sub-mitted to the Office ofStudent Financial Aid by theposted deadlines.

Traffic Appeals CommitteeStaff and students consider

appeals of students who feelthey have been wrongly tick-eted for traffic violations oncampus. The initial appealform must be submittedthrough the Cashier’s office.The decision of the TrafficAppeals Committee is final.

Grade Review ProcedureBefore requesting a formal

review, a student is urged tomake every effort to resolvethe grievance informally withthe teacher who issued thefinal grade. The student mayterminate the formal proce-dure at any point, but whenthe procedure reaches full clo-sure, the student must abideby the final disposition of theappeal.

The Grade ReviewProcedure is fully outlined inAdministrative Procedure5107. To initiate an inquiry,students must contact theassociate dean of that depart-ment.

Assessment and TestingServices at COD provides avariety of academic andcareer testing support servicesincluding pre-course testingin Reading, Writing andMath, tests for flexible learn-ing courses, the GED exam,and other specialized tests.

A Reading Pre-CoursePlacement Test is mandatoryfor students who have accu-mulated six credit hours ofcollege-level courses, unlesscertain academic require-ments are met.

A Writing Pre-CoursePlacement Test is required forboth new and returning stu-dents who intend to enroll inEnglish 1101.

A Math Placement Test isrequired for students whointend to enroll in Math 0482,1218, 1220, 1428 or 1431 astheir first math course atCOD.

Career interest tests, make-up exams and the CollegeLevel Examination Program(CLEP) exams are alsoamong testing support ser-vices offered in the testinglab.

There are 35 differentCLEP tests, 23 of which areaccepted for credit at COD.The Humanities CLEP test istaken most often.

The Assessment andTesting Lab is located in IC100, and the office is nextdoor in IC 150.

Call 942-2400 for moreinformation.

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The Rainbow Dancer, created by artist Jerry Peart, is displayed in the southwest corner of the Student Resource Center and is the primary art of the college.

The COD Web site con-tains a considerable amount ofinformation for students, theirclasses and events happeningaround the college.

The Counseling andAdvising section of the web-site gives all of the necessaryprocedures to talk to an advis-er or counselor while alsoallowing students to e-mailthese individuals variousquestions or commentsregarding schoolwork andtheir personal lives.

Students also can registerfor classes and pay for themin the Registration section.

Forget waiting in longlines, the COD Web siteallows students to pick theclasses that they want fromtheir computer, while alsoallowing students to drop andadd classes at a later date.

Students can also checktheir current status in classesand make payments as well.

Overall, this Web site canhelp in every way.

Student rules have much appeal

The front page of the COD Web site has links to Registration, Counseling/Advising, Records, Library,COD Catalog and everything College of DuPage.

A message from COD’s President

Web site is a wonder for students

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GREATREASONS TOTRANSFERTO ELMHURST

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April 15, 2010 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.IC 1L (Located on the first floor on the east side of the IC building)

Contact the Advising and CounselingOffice at (630) 942-2259 to scheduleyour appointment

Do you want the opportunity to beconsidered for Elmhurst Collegeadmission on the spot? If interested,please bring a completed ElmhurstCollege application and official CODtranscripts for evaluation with you.

CONTACT US

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190 Prospect AvenueElmhurst, Illinois 60126

1“The campus is a verywelcoming community.

Everybody is very hospitable,”says Terence Young.“Nobody has a problembeing nice. I’ve met friendsI’m going to have for therest of my life.”

2The college guides havespoken: Elmhurst is

among the best in theMidwest. We’re “top tier” in U.S. News and ThePrinceton Review callsElmhurst “a small collegewith a big bang.”

3Elmhurst looks like acollege ought to look.

The campus is a beautifularboretum with trees fromaround the world. It covers 38 acres and has 25buildings, each designed tosupport your academic andpersonal development.

4You’ll have your choice ofmore than 50 majors.

Whether you know whatyour major will be or you’restill exploring the possibilities,

we’ll provide you with anideal environment to planyour future.

5 In over 100 studentorganizations, you’ll get

your chance to lead.Transfer students routinelyhold top positions in ourStudent Government Association, award-winningstudent newspaper, andthroughout campus life.

6You don’t have to livehere to love it here.

Our students like choices.More than 1000 choose tolive on campus, and otherschoose to commute,including most transferstudents. Either way, it’s easyto meet people.

7The transfer process iseasy and personal.

Our admission counselorswill advise you on thecourse credits you’ll need tomake your transition toElmhurst simple.

8“You’ll love the smallcollege feel. You won’t

get lost in the crowd here, likeyou might at a big university,”says Sofia De Lama. “Theclasses are personal, and everysingle class is taught by afaculty member, not ateaching assistant.”

9You can afford a greatcollege education. And

we’ll help! Last year, weoffered more than 300scholarships to transferstudents. More than 97 percent of our studentsreceive financial aid.

10An Elmhurst education is intensely

practical. Each of ourmajors offers both cutting-edge theory and plentyof opportunities to practicehow the theory actuallyworks in the real worldthrough great internshipsand more.

“One night in autumn of2003, Lee Mi-young, a NorthKorean woman living inChina, kissed her 9-month-old son, Kang, on the fore-head. She then turned andtook a look at the father of herbaby, a Chinese man who hadbeen taking care of her fortwo years. She hugged themboth, walked out and left herfamily behind. As Lee ex-plained, ‘I had to leave so thatmy son could have a future,’”said Kelsey Danca as shebegan her persuasive speechduring the final round of theForensics regional tourna-ment Saturday.

Danca spoke her way to asilver medal in persuasion asshe went on to describe thetragedy of stateless womenand children in China. Dancawasn’t the only medalist inlast week’s tournament,Micah Colbert, DannyAguilar, Kaitlin Armstrong,Sam Mercaldo, Naveed Shahand Daria Skrzypczynski alsobrought home silver andbronze medals. Other teammembers in attendance at theevent hosted by McHenry col-lege were Mary Lazowski,Eryn Lenke, Heidi Rogalla,and Joel Thalla.“Taking silver was very

good, although I think thestudents were a little disap-pointed having just wonstate,” said Morgan. “Every-one was especially proud of

Micah Colbert who brokethree of his four events andjust missed finals in thefourth event. This is a hugeaccomplishment, especiallyfor a first-year student.”

According to ForensicsCoach Lauren Morgan, Re-

gionals is a very competitivetournament and a very tightrace between the top schoolsin Illinois.

“It was really fun to seeeveryone else enjoying them-selves and not getting caughtup in the competition aspect,

since this is the last tourna-ment before Nationals,” saidDanca

The team proudly callsthemselves a family as theytravel to multiple tourna-ments through the year. Thiswas evident as they joked

around and teased each otherwhile waiting for the judgesto tally the final scores.

“The conversations we haveat the end are my favoritepart,” said Mercaldo. “We’reall kind of throwing jokesback and forth, but we’re hav-ing a good time.”

“I think the best part of thetournaments is getting to seeyour teammates succeed andbeing rewarded for the hardwork they put in,” saidSkrzypczynski.

Silver medals in both indi-vidual events and combinedindividual events/debatewere also awarded to theteam as a whole. This distinc-tion was earned with 7 of 11students winning seven silverand two bronze medals.


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Forensics brings home nine medals

Photo by Melissa PointerForensics team members proudly display their medals. The team brought home seven silver medals and two bronze medals from the two-day Regional

tournament held in McHenry County. The team will end its competitive season at the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament April 6-11 in New Orleans, La.

By Melissa PointerFeatures Editor

Forensics extemporaneous speakers prepare for their speech. Each speaker is given a topic

and 30 minutes to research it, before giving a seven minute presentation.

Left: Danny Aguilar and Micah Colbert spend 15 minutes in a stairwell preparing for the

government side of their parliamentary debate. Right: At the same time, Daria Skrzypczynski

and Sam Mercaldo prepare as the opposition in the hallway of the Holiday Inn convention center.

Silver medal winners:Micah Colbert and DannyAguilar - parliamentary de-bateMicah Colbert - programoral interpretationNaveed Shah - duo inter-pretationKaitlin Armstrong - duo in-terpretationKaitlin Armstrong - pro-gram oral interpretationKelsey Danca - persuasionDaria Skrzypczynski - ex-temporaneous speaking

Bronze medal winners:Micah Colbert – proseSam Mercaldo - extempora-neous speaking

Photos by Melissa Pointer

The campus’s Community Educa-tion Farm (CEF), which usually has acost of around $30,000 per year, is on athree-year plan to become financiallyself-sufficient due to budget-tighten-ing by the college.

“We must become financially inde-pendent. (College administration) islooking at every penny they’re spend-ing,” said Deborah Adelman, Directorof CEF and professor of English “Theydecided the farm isn’t something (thebudget) will cover in the future.”

Starting this spring, CEF will launchinto a new three-year plan in which itwill need to cover one-third of itscosts. Next year, the farm will need tocover two-thirds of its costs. In the lastyear and from there on out, CEF willhave to be entirely self-sufficient.

“We’re waiting for the go-ahead tostart, but we haven’t received any-thing yet,” Adelman said. The college

administration hasn’t yet releasedfunds for the farm.

Adelman said, “We start to sellseedlings to the college and the com-munity in the spring.”

In order to lower costs, Adelmanand co-founder Shamili Sandiford,Professor of Biology, are implement-ing innovative techniques. They havesaved seeds from last year to cut onbuying for more this spring.

Also, Adelman and Sandiford arecontinuing cultivation of a wormfarm. “We take organic waste fromplaces like the cafeteria and feed theworms,” said Adelman, “the wormsproduce compost and we can growour crops in better soil.”

According to Adelman, the farm isdoing well for its first-year goal.“We’re close to making it,” said Adel-man, “right now, (the budget) willprobably be somewhere near $20,000for next year.”

The main expense for the farm is thefarm manager who is the caretaker.“To be able to produce a big crop, weneed the farm manager,” Adelmansaid.

The farm is creating relationshipswith local businesses to help finan-cially and has also received a Perkinsallowable grant from the Departmentof Commerce and Economic Opportu-nity as a part of stimulus fundsthrough the state. These funds wereused to help construct ‘raised beds’which make weeding and other tasksmore efficient.

“Up to this point, all of the crop hasgone to Wheaton’s People’s ResourceCenter and other shelters,” Adelmansaid.

Food activist and guest speaker atthe MAC, Raj Patel, thought the com-munity farm was a great way for stu-dents to get involved in localizing thefood industry. “There’s a big differ-ence (in health content) between localand imported food,” Patel said.

COURIER • March 26, 201012 FEATURES

Food sovereignty advocate Raj Patellectured at the MAC on Thursday,March 18 to explain how the world’sfood system is broken and how it canbe fixed.

Patel is a best-selling author, journal-ist and activist who has been inter-viewed by National Public Radio,MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”, CBC’s “TheHour” and Comedy Central’s “TheColbert Report” for his reporting onthe food crisis in India, South Africaand other areas around the globe.

Patel started his lecture on the stateof America and how Americans don’teven know half the items a Snickersbar contains.

He pointed out a soy-based ingredi-ent called lecithin to show our coun-try’s dependence on soy. In fact, theink in this very newspaper is mostlikely soy-based according to Patel.

“Soy oil is the most consumed oil inthe US,” said Patel, “It’s very versatile.(But) the food industry has turned soyinto a curse.”

According to Patel, industrial agri-culture of products such as soy inBrazil has caused greater environmen-tal damage.

He used the historical figure ofHenry Ford at a party in a comediclight to explain how mass productionin the food industry has caused loss inthe ecosystem and a new type of“slavery” in cheap labor in exchangefor low prices on the market.

Patel said, “It’s ironic really how thepeople who grow our food are themost starved.”

Patel also shared some ways to revo-lutionize the food industry. “Food sov-ereignty is one way,” he said, “peopleshould have access to healthy andfresh food. (That’s achieved by) con-suming local produce.”

Patel gave the example of verticalfarming in Toronto as a currently uti-

lized way to extend food sovereignty.“One-sixth of urban land (in Toronto)is rooftops,” said Patel, “it has beenshown that plants can thrive in thoseconditions.”

Asked what students at the collegecan do to help with the food crisis,Patel said, “We aren’t consumers ofdemocracy, we are perpetuators. Thereis a community garden (CommunityEducation Farm) here that is beingaxed (because of the state budget cri-sis).

The college is a “venue in which youcan learn and develop the right way toexercise democracy,” said Patel, “youcan all fight to keep the communitygarden. The safest food is food yougrow yourself.”

By Vikaas ShankerGraphics Editor

By Vikaas ShankerGraphics Editor

To learn more about Raj Patel, hisview of the food industry and whatstudents can do to help, read theCourier interview with Patel at:www.cod.edu/courier/rajpatel/

Advocate Raj Patel providessolutions for food industry

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College’s sustainablefarm is feeling the pinch

Photo by Rich MalecThe Community Education Farm is a student-run sustainable agricultural learn-

ing experience in which volunteers and interns grow crops such as greens,

squash, pumpkin, peppers, beets, eggplants and more for the community.

Photo by KathyVillagomez

Students can work on CEF and re-ceive a one-credit internship duringthe summer. Everyone is eligible tovolunteer on the farm.

For more information, emailDeborah Adelman [email protected] or ShamiliSandiford at [email protected]


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lacing a labeled, clearplastic bag below thefunnel, seven workers

adorned with plastic glovesand white hair coverings addone scoop dehydrated vegeta-bles, one scoop chicken fla-vored protein blend and onescoop rice, before weighingand sealing the bag.The package is then placed

in a box as workers start theprocess over with anotherbag.This is a single station in a

warehouse full of eager vol-unteers helping missionariesfeed starving children aroundthe world.“Helping people in need, lo-

cally and overseas, is veryeasy when you tap into or-ganizations already doing agreat job,” said Alia Azmat, a19-year-old PTK member.For Phi Theta Kappa mem-

bers, it began as a serviceproject conversation with Car-los Lopez, an employee withAmericore Vista at the col-lege.It blossomed into a collabo-

rative effort to participate inFeed My Starving Children(FMSC).Lopez, along with eight

PTK members, spent twohours packaging Manna Packrice at the Aurora FMSC facil-ity last Friday.PTK operated one station,

packing 106 bags of food,while other volunteer groups

operated the nine remainingstations.

“Everyone enjoyed the ex-perience and was amazed athow much we were able to doin a two-hour time frame,”said Azmat. “The best part ofpacking was spending timewith other Phi Theta Kappamembers.”FMSC is a non-profit Chris-

tian organization that wasfounded in 1987 to providefood to hungry children inmore than 60 countries.The formula FMSC uses for

packaged meals was designedfor malnourished children byfood scientists at Cargill andGeneral Mills in Twin Cities,Minn. Each meal is handpacked by volunteers at fourdifferent sites around thecountry.The Aurora site takes

groups of 10 or more volun-teers from schools, churchesand organizations. Eachgroup is given a presentationdetailing the process and whyit helps before they beginworking at a station.

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By the numbers:Ingredients for the Manna packs are purchased withmonetary donations. The figures below are provided byFMSC in an effort to show how even the smallest donationcan help.

• $10 feeds two children for one month• $62 feeds one child for a year• $170 feeds 1,000 children a single meal• $3,060 feeds an orphanage of 100 children for six months

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Mosaic of the Soul – A BahaiFireside TalkMonday, April 5, 6:30 p.m. in SRC 1544The Bahai Association invites you to

join their weekly discussions. Eachweek’s discussion will explore a dif-ferent aspect of Bahai belief. Discus-sions are on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. inSRC 1544. E-mail [email protected] more information.

Informational InterviewingWorkshopWhy? When? How?April 8 and 15, 2:30 p.m. in SRC 1480Attend this free workshop to learn

about and experience informationalinterviewing -- interviewing with anemployer to find out about a career,not for a specific job opening. Partici-pate in this two-part seminar pre-sented by J. Simkus of the LaSalleNetwork. Co-hosted by the COD Ca-reer Services Center and Alpha BetaGamma. Call 630-942-2611 to register.

Health Sciences Advising SessionsThe following free sessions at COD

provide information on job outlooks,educational requirements and careerdescriptions for health career pro-grams. All sessions take place at themain campus unless otherwise speci-fied. For more information on upcom-ing session call (630) 942-2380, orvisit: www.cod.edu/hsadmissions.Surgical Technology: Wednesday,

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Career Clusters Majors FairTuesday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and4–7 p.m. in SRC 2700 and 2800Come learn about 16 different clus-

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free of charge and open to COD fac-ulty, students, staff, administrators,and community members. For moreinformation call (630) 942-2259, visitwww.cod.edu/advising/counseling.htm,or stop by the Advising/CounselingOffice, SRC 2044, for a brochure. ForAmericans with Disabilities Act ac-commodations, call (630) 942-2141(voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).Myths and Facts about Alcohol and

Marijuana: Wednesday, April 14, 12p.m. in SRC 1450AStudent Success Skills with Autism:

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“Fortune Teller”

“Pick-up Sticks”

“Everyone HasTheir Everest”

Inspiration: “I just thought itwould be a nice idea to havethese large Pick-up Sticks. I justthought about it one day and itstarted to develop from there,with my friend taking pictures ofactual Pick-up Sticks for me. Thesticks are actually made from fur-niture dowels from Home Depot.I do metalwork, and using thechopsaw to shape the dowelstransfered from that.”

Inspiration: “Who didn’t lovethis game growing up? You’d foldit and get the fortunes like ‘you’regoing to get married and havechildren.’ But now that I’m older,the fortunes have changed. I’veadded fortunes like ‘you will be

diagnosed with cancer,’ or ‘youwill be divorced.’ Those are moreapplicable with my life, I havefriends who’ve had cancer, I’vebeen going through a really baddivorce. These are real life for-tunes.”

“Twist’a Yoga”

Inspiration: “It’s inspired bymy climb of Mount Everest. Istudied the screens used in-Japanese art. They can depictbeautiful things in nature, butalso things like epic battle orparades, I chose to show myclimb up the mountain instages. I spent two monthsclimbing Everest; ... when wereached the top, it was 13 de-grees and the sun was rising. Itwas absolutely beautiful, thesun looked like it was comingup over the curve of theearth...I felt like I was walkinginto the universe.”

Inspiration: “I teach yoga,and watching my students,I thought ‘God, this is justlike twister,’ and it wasjust another nice idea tome. The color scheme istaken a bit from Twister,with the with blues, redsand yellows. To work withthe mental component ofgames, I have the littleOhm symbol on it. Thespinner hangs from theceiling, it’s mentally there,but just out of reach. It’slike the challenge of silenc-ing your mind.”

t 50 years old, Art student SuzanneNance has summated the nine highestpeaks on all seven continents (reaching

the top of Mount Everest in 2006), and becamethe first American female to circumvent theglobe by skiing both the North and South Pole.Back home she works in the fitness industry asboth a trainer and coach, but it was her under-lying passion for art that has brought her lifeon display at the Wing’s Gallery.

The exhibit is appropriately titled “NotEvery Thing is Fun and Games.” The overallfeel of the small white space is akin to beinglocked in the toy box of every child’s dreamwith giant Pick-up Sticks littering the floorand Twister mats hung from the wall withcare. “I want people to walk in and think ‘howfun is this,” said Nance. “But I also want themto look around and think of my challenges,think of their own and find inspiration.”Taking a closer look, one can see the facets ofNance’s life embedded in each piece:

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smART datesApril 38 p.m.McAninch Arts CenterMainstageWDCB Jazz at the MACDavid Gonzalez and the PoeticLicense BandA combination of the arts of Latinjazz and spoken word will bringpassion to the Mainstage. “Picture aNew York Puerto Rican version ofBill Cosby or imagine what Garri-son Kellor would be like if he’dbeen raised in a Latino neighbor-hood.” - The Courier-Journal.TICKETS: $36 adult/$34 sen-ior/$26 youth

April 88 p.m.McAninch Arts CenterTheatre 2College TheaterOpening Night“Twelfth Night or What You Will”Directed by Buffalo Theatre Ensem-ble Artistic Director Connie Cana-day Howard. The Shakespeareclassic dissects the concept of lovefound and lost through a series ofunlikely, comedic events. The playwill run fromApril 9 through April18. For further ticket info, visithttp://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=3754&schedule=listTICKETS: Opening Night - $9

Running - $12 adult/$11senior and youth

April 10 & April 117 p.m. & 2 p.m. respectivelyMcAninch Arts CenterMainstageSalt Creek BalletSwan Lake, Act IICelebrating their 25th anniversary,Westmont’s Salt Creek Ballet bringsthe Tchaikovsky masterpiece to thestage. A company renowned for itsartistry and technical excellence, inboth classical and contemporaryranges of work.TICKETS: $29 adult/$25 sen-ior/$19 youth

April 127:30 p.m.SRC 2800Writer’s Read seriesJoe MenoAuthor of “Hairstyles of theDamned” and “The Great Perhaps,”will be visiting campus for a read-ing, discussion and book signing.

April 1410 a.m. to 2 p.m.SRC 1750Oasis LoungeAnimal ShowProgram Board is proud to presentMindy the Monkey, Monte theBurmese Python, Mr. Clean theHairless Rat and more! Courtesy ofAnimal Rentals in Chicago

April 157:30 p.m.McAninch Arts CenterMainstageCollege DanceFaculty and students’ spring install-ment of their bi-annual dance show-case. For more information, contactdance instructor Katherine Skleba [email protected]: $4

April 178 p.m.McAninch Arts CenterMainstageLoudon Wainwright III andRichard ThompsonSinger-songwriter Wainwright andBritish folk pioneer Thompsonbring audiences “Loud and Rich.”TICKETS: $40 adult/$38 sen-ior/$30 youthFRONT ROW SEATS: $65adult/$63 senior/$55 youth

April 213:30 p.m.Follett COD BookstorePage Turners’ Book DiscussionThe second installment of the bookclub will come together to discuss“This I Believe: The PersonalPhilosophies of Remarkable Men anWomen.”

Historic high:With an average weekly audience of203,600 for the month of January thisyear, 90.9 WDCB FM has seen it’s high-est ratings in the station’s history.According to Director of Marketingand Fundraising Ken Scott, the infor-mation came in roughly two weeks agofrom the Radio Research Consortiumwhen he spoke to the Courier lastweek. The not-for-profit research firmworks with weekly and monthly cu-mulatives, or CUMs, with non-profit orcommunity radio stations.The Consortium works with a re-search firm called Arbitron, who spe-cialize in marketing and mediatracking. Arbitron utilizes PPMs, orPortable People Meters, a device thesize of a cell phone that tracks expo-sures to television, radio and othermedia through identity codes embed-ded in audio. With this research,WDCB is able to track unique listeners,as opposed to listeners who tune inmore than once, in a week-long periodfor four weeks.“We’ve been using Arbitron date forover the last maybe 15 years,” saidScott. “We’ve found that our average istypically between about 175,000 – 185,000 listeners, which is great.”With this record high, the next

biggest challenge, logically, is retention;howWDCB gets listeners to stay withthem. “We try to provide our listenerswith both continuity and ingenuity,”said Program Director Mary PatLaRue. “Listeners can tune into ‘AllThings Jazz,’ or ‘Folk Festival’ andknow that it will be a consistent prod-uct. But at the same time, we don’twant to have guidelines so firm that itdoesn’t allow for personal creativity.We bring the viewers the respectedolder music and introduce them tomusic as well.”LaRue, along with Scott and Station

Manager Scott Wager are the three thatuse the CUM data most extensively. “Iuse it for programming, to see what wecan do, what to repeat and whatworks,” says LaRue. “Our typical de-mographic is older, in the 35 plus cate-gory, but we still see spikes in youngerpeople, and from there we look at theavailability of the listener: Are theybusier with work or school this time ofyear? Is it the holidays, or winter orsummer? Are they in their car moreoften?”“The CUM always gives us a betterpicture of how we’re doing,” con-cluded Scott. “It tells us when we’re onthe right track, as well as where we cantighten up and improve.”As for the permanency of the listen-ers, it is not the main fear just yet. Witha Spring 2010 goal of raising $149,000,they have received 79.5 percent fromapproximately 1,217 called-in dona-tions from listeners as of Wednesday.“You need time for the station togrow on your listener and bond withthem, who then in turn might becomemembers or donors,” said Scott. “Ourpledge drive goal for this year is$770,000. We’re still counting, butwe’re about two-thirds of the waythere.”With a pledge goal raised each year10 to 15 percent, the station faces adaunting $850,000 mountain to climbnext year. However, WDCB is up forthe challenge.“The whole budget predictingprocess supports our move to self-suf-ficiency,” said Station Manager ScottWager. “There’s no fixed number at themoment, but we’d be happy to be in aposition where 80 percent of our fund-ing comes from ourselves and only 20percent being an institutional contribu-tion. We have met or exceeded ourgoals since 2001. For nine years, we’vebeen within 10 percent of our predictedrevenue.”


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StarvingArtistJim Mac:Age: 18City:WestmontMajor:UndecidedDrawing

How Would You Describe Your Art?

It definitely has a lot of shading in it.A lot of it has mymusical background in it, I like todraw musical instruments andconnect my drawings with music. Itallows me to interpret both through adifferent perspectiv.e

Where Do You Find Inspiration?

In anything, really. I look at some-thing and hopefully it comes to me.

What Do You Love About Your Art?

I like that it’s my own thing. I wantto influence people to think my art isunique.

What Do You Hate About Your Art?

The fact that I’m just a starter, I reallyhaven’t had much experience and Idon’t get what I want the first time.

How did you get your start?

Just by doing drawings. I started inelementary school and thought itwas something I could do in thefuture. Then I put it down for a whileuntil college and picked it up again.

Artists You Admire?

I just look at paintings and drawingsand try to find the idea behind them;no one specifically

What Are Your Plans After COD?

Going into more musical things withmy band, take it to the next level. Ifthat doesn’t happen, I will be doingmore things with art and music.

What Other Hobbies Do You Enjoy?

I like doing crafts, like weaving andmaking wristbands.

Academic familyWide range of young talentdisplayed at ACT-SO competitionWalking the halls of the InstructionalCenter Saturday morning at 9 a.m., onewould be unaware that the MAC wasbuzzing with the frantic energy of theannual ACT-SO competition. The lobbywas crowded with high school studentsfrom DuPage, Kane, Will and Kendallcounties displaying everything fromentrepreneurial presentations on pro-jectors to sculpture and photography.According to Community Develop-ment Specialist Cynthia Johnson, ACT-SO, or the Afro-Academic CulturalTechnological and Scientific Olympics,is a program the college has hostedsince it was brought in by administra-tor Ernie Gibson 30 years ago. The pro-gram works as a six-month longacademic opportunity for AfricanAmerican high school students to bepaired with experts in 26 desired fieldsas mentors to create a project. The pro-gram culminates locally with the com-petition, with gold medalists going onto compete at the national level.Judging Saturday’s competition wereroughly 30 members of the faculty, in-cluding college photographer RichMalec. “It’s fun to see their work,” saidMalec, “and to realize that when I wastheir age, I didn’t posses the ability todo some (of their work). I still have myearly work to prove it. We’ve had anumber of student photographers re-turn to the contest two or three times,and we’ve seen some dramatic im-provement in their work.”

Also representing the college was in-structor Diane Wawrejko, one of threejudges for the dance competition. “Thisis my first year volunteering,” saidWawrejko. “I just wanted to give some-thing back to the community. It’s veryimportant for young people to gothrough this adjudication process. Forsome, this was their first time perform-ing on a stage, the competition isgeared towards students gaining confi-dence and experience.”“I’ve been with the program for 10years now,” said Johnson, “and I’vehad three children go through the pro-gram. The most important thing thestudents can take away is this giantfamily supporting them. Not only thefamily of their parents and their com-munity, but also the college familybacking them. It’s a wonderful thing tosee.”


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music, stand-up and moredelivered in Oasis Lounge

The small stage of the Oasis Loungewas crowded with the heavy activityof Alter Ego Productions and bandmembers alike scrambling to set upequipment Friday night at 6 p.m. Sur-rounded by a relaxed and intimatecrowd soaked in stage light, thelounge was preparing for its secondinstallment of Open Mic Night.Acts ranged from band perform-ances to poetry and stand-up. Thecomedy stylings of Marketing major

James Bevoort delivered materialbased on humorous happenings oncampus, representing “one of onlyfive Caucasians that can moonwalk,”and spewing confetti from his pocketas a finale. “I’m really glad I went thatroute,” said Bevoort of his COD-themed set, “because there was anabundance of material to choose from.As a matter of fact, I’ve got a goodamount of stuff already in mind forthe next open mic.”The final band in the line-up re-vealed an exciting collaboration be-tween the band Chaos Theory and

rapper EdE Crush. “We recentlydecided to work with EdE Crush,”said guitarist and Neurobiology majorNate Wrzesinski, “because one day weall played together and loved thecombination. We (the band) have beentogether for 10 months. We wanted toall get together and have fun makingmusic with people we were closewith.”The opening and closing act was alocal band known as Up To Code,playing songs with an old-schoolBlink-182/SR-71 feel to them. “We de-cided to do Open Mic Night because

we wanted to get our name out there,”said guitarist and Automotive Tech-nology and Business major KyleShanahan. “We want to become a fa-mous local band, but if that ends uptaking us further, then that would beawesome. As of right now, we aresigned up for a Battle of the Bands atColumbia College in Chicago on May14th.”For more information on upcomingAlter Ego Productions events, becomea fan of Alter Ego Productions athttp://www.facebook.com/AlterEgo-Productions?ref=ts.


Photos by Kathy VillagomezOasis mascot “Green Man” helps Chaos Theory tune up. James Bevoort shares stand-up. Up To Code open the show.

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Spring break. Two words that every college studentknows and cannot wait for. Although spring break does notstart officially until Monday, Mar. 29, Oasis Entertainmenthas chosen to host a pre-spring break party. OasisEntertainment is compromised of four producers: CrystalTaaffe, Joe Kyrger, Aly Gentile and Jasmine Woolfork,crew members and adviser Chuck Steele. The pre-springbreak party was held in SRC 1750 on Mar. 24 and has beenhosted for four years. Like the St. Valentine’s party, thepre-spring break party was started to help provideentertainment for students and a sense of community.“There isn’t that sense of community because communitycolleges are like high schools, you come and then youleave. With our party we try to show people that we careabout you and that you can get involved and meet morepeople, Taaffe said.The pre-spring break party was planned a semester in

advance by its producers and members. Elaboratedecorations for the party shimmered around the studentrecreation room while long lines of students circled aroundthe Oasis Entertainment table full of Hawaiian pizza, fruitka-bobs, and fruit punch. Taaffe said that all edible itemswere purchased within the Oasis Entertainment budget.The fruit ka-bobs and fruit punch were ordered from thecafeteria while the pizza came from Capri Pizzeria. Taaffeestimated that the food cost $250 to $350. In the past, OasisEntertainment has had a pig roast for their party but it wasnot as successful as the pizza.Activities held at the party were hula-hooping and a

limbo contest, as well as the performance by Dave Thomas,an Elvis impersonator. These activities are chosen based ongroup decision and through brainstorming. Other activitiesthat were suggested, but not implemented are tie-dye shirtsand flip-flop decorating. Taaffe stressed that the activitieshave to be a realistic goal to be carried out but mostimportantly, bring a smile to a student’s face. To continuewith the spring break spirit, Oasis Entertainment gave anystudents who wore Hawaiian shirts coconut cups. Thecoconut cups, like the food, was purchased. Unfortunately,only two students showed up with Hawaiian shirts, so stu-dents were given coconut cups regardless of attire.For more information on Oasis Entertainment contact

Chuck Steele at [email protected].

By Kathy VillagomezPhoto Editor

Oasis throwsspring bender

Margaret Dlugopolski, 21

and Julia Pritchard, 20,

challenge each other in a

hula-hoop contest.

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students.

Jenn Starr, 19, competes in the

limbo contest. Starr won the contest

and was given a bowling trophy.

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In 1978, Illinois had 11 junior collegefootball programs, but after the RockValley College program ended in late-January, only DuPage, Harper Collegeand Joliet Junior College remain.According to a Rockford Register

Star article on Feb. 3, “RVC’s priori-ties: education first, sports second.”Rock Valley College President JackBecherer gave the football program “areprieve” last year and “set out veryspecific terms for what playersneeded to do to save the pro-gram.” The conditions were,“Earn a 2.0 grade-point av-erage, finish 70 percent oftheir courses and return atleast 50 percent of the teamfor the second semester.”“The team fell consider-

ably short of making thegrade,” the article said.“Players earned acumulative 1.72.They did not meetthe threshold ofcompletedcourses.” The pro-gram did cumula-tively complete 68percent of their courses and retained57 percent of their players, accordingto the article.With the announcement of Rock Val-

ley’s program ending January, theN4C football conference made the de-cision that “all their players are fairgame to be recruited,” Football CoachFred Fimbres said. “We haven’t ac-tively pursued them, but several havecalled us. I’m sure they’re calling allthe schools. They’re looking for ahome.”This is a talented community with a

great community college that has a lotto offer and if we can attract students

here to reinvent themselves academi-cally because we have football, then Ithink that’s a good thing for every-one,” Fimbres said.“We’ve been contacted by several

Rock Valley football players,” saidFimbres. “Unfortunately, in the mid-dle of their time there, the programwas shut down, so there are a wholebunch of freshman, would-be sopho-mores, who don’t have a team to com-pete on and that won’t give them theplatform they need to showcase theirskills.”In being one of only three commu-nity colleges in Illinois, “We will

pretty much have the marketcornered, when it comes tobeing able to offer somethingthat other people don’thave,” said Fimbres. “We’reattracting students that oth-erwise wouldn’t come to ourcollege by having a uniqueprogram.”

“Rock Valley leaves a chal-lenge for the restof the coaches inthe conference.”Fimbres said. Howdoes DuPage finda new college toplay against in theweek which had

been scheduled versus Rock Valley?DuPage will need to find another col-lege with the same week open, bear-ing in mind the costs of travel.“It’s very expensive to take 75 peo-

ple on the road, so distance becomesan issue.” For instance, in 2010, theteam will travel to Erie CommunityCollege in Pennsylvania. “Dependingon distance, the amount of busses andif you take two drivers, it could costanywhere between $5,000 to 7,000 totake the team on the road overnight,”Fimbres said.Compared to the kind of revenue the

team brings in, however, “That’s ab-

solutely a drop in the bucket,” saidFimbres. The coach continued, callingthe program a retention strategy.“(We) reward our junior college ath-letes by sending them to competeagainst other community colleges andrepresent the College of DuPage,” saidFimbres. “Not only are we positivelypromoting our college and our com-petitive spirit, but we’re absolutelyhelping retain students who are bring-ing dollars into the campus,” Fimbressaid.“If you talk about 125 guys taking 15

or more credit hours and with the costof tuition and fees and state reim-bursement, that’s a lot of money. It ismuch more money than we spend onthe sport.” The money spent includessalaries, travel and other expenses, ac-cording to Fimbres.Fimbres is the fifth coach the college

has had in the past seven years. Interms of the program being droppedat some point, Fimbres thinks thatanything is possible, but not in thenear future. “We just invested $5 mil-lion in our playing space, stadium, ar-tificial surface and track. That’s aninvestment that the college obviouslyneeds to get a lot of use out of, other

than rentals,” Fimbres said.Fimbres shared his feelings on the

college having football. “We’re excitedto still be standing and it just goes toshow that the leadership of our col-lege values all the parts of educa-tion…Although times are tough… theCollege of DuPage is rallying aroundits programs,” Fimbres said. WhileRock Valley is dropping its footballprogram, DuPage has invested “in itsathletic space, with the opening ofnew soccer fields, which obviouslycan generate revenue as well, and anew stadium, so I think there’s a long-term goal there and we absolutely areexcited to be a part of it.”

By Matt WellsSports Editor

Photos by Kathy Villagomez

Bob MacDougall Football Field, which was named for

the college’s former legendary coach of 21 years, is a

symbol of DuPage history and its future.

Despite Rock Valley football’s end, DuPage added to their program in the fall

Rock Valley plummets while Chaparrals soar

Just past the south endzone of the

football stadium, the scoreboard’s

blank only for the spring.

The Chaparral logo was re-designed before the 2009 football season.

Football Coach Fred Fimbres

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A cold front from the west broughtrain and snow Saturday, halting theChaparrals’ home opener againstMorton Community College.“Northern collegiate baseball play-

ers need to be flexible. They may ormay not play,” said Baseball CoachDan Kusinski. “They need to antici-pate to play.” In Kusinski’s 12 seasonsat COD, he has dealt with weather re-lated cancellations for five seasonhome openers.When a game is cancelled, there are

two choices: either both teams agreeon a specific make-up date or it justisn’t played, according to Kusinski.The Chaps have already experienced

four rain and snow cancellations thisseason, which adversely affects theirgame play. “Baseball isn’t like footballor basketball,” said Pitching CoachEric Maleski. “We need to play every-day.”As of right now, the team only has

three pitchers set in the rotation, ac-cording to Maleski. They don’t havemore because the others haven’t had achance to play because of the weather-related game cancellations, accordingto Maleski.The baseball team began practicing

in the arena mid-January and traveledto Louisiana mid-February to playtheir first games against highly diffi-

cult community college teams, Del-gado Community College and Pen-sacola Junior College.After their unsuccessful trip against

those teams, they continued play inMarion, Illinois versus John A. LoganCollege, where they lost 15-0. Afterthat, the Chaparrals played SouthSuburban College and lost 4-3, whichcontinued their slide. DuPage earnedtheir first win against Illinois CentralCollege in a 5-1 decision.The team expected to continue their

winning ways against Missouri teams,Meramec and Forest Park on March 6and March 7, but the games were can-celled. The team planned to also playSoutheastern Illinois College andLakeland Community College onMarch 13 and March 14, but they werecancelled as well, due to weather.DuPage did receive a break from the

weather and were able to play a dou-ble-header versus Central Lakes Col-lege-Brainerd on March 17, whichthey split, with a 9-3 loss and an 11-2win.For the season so far, the Chaparrals

are 2-7 overall and 0-1 in-conference.This is no surprise to Kusinski,though, as “March and April are verydifficult months to play baseball.”Weather permitting, the Chaparrals’

next game will be home against Oak-ton Community College this Saturdayat noon.


Chaps soaked by cancellationsFirst foe was Florida, now it’s weather

There’s a learning curve for thisyear’s men’s tennis team and Thurs-day’s match was just the first of manytraining sessions.“It was great to see everyone play

hard this early in our season during anon-conference match,” Bowers said.“Boris Kampel is always relentless andtold me during one of his changeovershowAssistant Coach Marco Veverkataught him at practice to never quit, betenacious and sometimes matches willturn around because of it,” Bowerssaid.The team’s singles matches were

“greatly contested battles,” Bowerssaid. The team “squeezed throughwith a few super-tiebreakers to get theovertime wins,” Bowers said. Kampel,Bowers’ No. 1 in singles, was downtwo sets by a wide margin but cameback to claim victory after a late tie.After tying, he won in the super-tiebreaker.Tyler Fields, a swimmer for COD as

well, played No. 2 and for his firstmatch since high school he almost pre-vailed,” Bowers said. Fields made acome back and ended up tied to thevery end. He eventually lost by twopoints. “He’s very offensive-orientedwhich gives him many easy points,but he knows that once he adds neu-tral and defensive skills to his gamehe’ll be much stronger,” Bowers said.As for the newcomer, Kolee Clous-

ing, he played No. 3, according toBowers. In his first match since high

school, “He cruised through prettyeasily,” Bowers said. Clousing showedthe defense and a variety of differentshots, including power, angles andspins, according to Bowers.For Mitch Peters, who plays No. 4,

“It took him a while to get used toplaying since he (doesn’t have muchexperience) but he soon figured out away to beat his opponent by winningugly,” Bowers said.Chris Hernandez, who played No. 5

during the day, “Competed to the bestof his ability but it wasn’t enoughtoday,” Bowers said.The momentum of the match went

back and forth between DuPage andElgin. As a team, they ended up losingthe match in a close one with a score of5-4.“Unfortunately we didn’t get the

team win,” Bowers said. The team andtheir coach look forward to more out-door practices.The team especially looks forward to

their spring break trip to Florida,which will improve their game, ac-cording to Bowers.

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MAYSat., 1 JOLIET 12:00 p.m.Sun., 2 at Joliet 12:00 p.m.Thu., 6 LAKE COUNTY 3:00 p.m.Sat., 8 at Waubonsee 12:00 p.m.Sun., 9 at Lake County 12:00 p.m.Th-Sun 13-16 Region IV Tournament tbaSa-Fr., 22-28 NJCAADiv. III World Series

MARCHFri., 5 Gill Athletics Last Chance Meet 4:00 p.m.

Carthage College

Fri., 12 or COD Intersquad tbaThu., 18 College of DuPage

Fri., 26- Viking Olympics 3:00 p.m.Sat., 27 12:00 p.m.

Wed., 31 Troll Relays 4:00 p.m.Trinity Christian College

APRILFri., 2- Mike Poehlein Invitational 3:00 p.m.Sat., 3 Purdue University 10:00 a.m.

Sat., 3 Elmhurst Invitational 10:00 a.m.

Fri., 9 Chicago Women’s Championship 12:00 p.m.Sat., 10 Chicago Men’s Championship 9:00 a.m.

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Sat., 24 Regional Championship 10:00 a.m.Loras College

MARCHThu., 11 - Mon., 15 COCOAExpo Spring TournamentMon., 29 TRINITY CHRISTIAN 3:00 p.m.Wed., 31 at Moraine Valley 3:00 p.m.

APRIL*Sat., 3 MATC-MADISON 12:00 p.m.*Tue., 6 HARPER 3:00 p.m.Thu., 8 at Kankakee C.C. 3:00 p.m.Fri., 9 PRAIRIE STATE 3:00 p.m.*Sat., 10 at Rock Valley 12:00 p.m.Thu., 15 JOLIET 3:00 p.m.Fri., 16 at South Suburban 3:30 p.m.*Sat., 17 TRITON 3:00 p.m.Tue., 20 at Harper 3:00 p.m.Fri., 23 ROCK VALLEY 3:00 p.m.Sat., 24 at Joliet 12:00 p.m.Wed., 28 KANKAKEE 3:00 p.m.Thu., 29 WAUBONSEE 3:00 p.m.Fri., 30 ELGIN 3:00 p.m.

MAYFri., 7 - Sat., 8 Region IV Tournament tbaTue., 11 District PlayoffThu., 20- Sat., 22 NJCAADiv. III Nationals tba

MARCHThu., 18 at Elgin 3:00 p.m.Thu., 25 AURORA 3:00 p.m.Sun., 28 Spring Break Trip

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at Rock ValleyThu., 29 Carthage (scrimmage) tba

MAYMon., 10- NJCAADivision III National TournamentFri., 14 at Plano, Texas

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